N. A. McNairy

Nathaniel A. McNairy (March 17, 1779 – September 7, 1851) was a prominent early settler of Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

"[4] Like his neighbors Joseph Erwin and Andrew Jackson, McNairy was a seasonal slave trader, traveling south to the Natchez District on at least one occasion and advertising for sale 29 slaves, one keelboat, and one gigg in 1808.

Some years after the erection of the church the tinners, in soldering in some ornament about the tower, it is thought, were careless with the furnace they had.

"[6] According to the centennial history of Nashville's First Presbyterian Church, "On March 1, 1806, N. A. McNairy met Gen. John Coffee on the field of honor.

The writer is of the opinion that this was the same N. A. McNairy who was elected an elder in 1824 and continued as such until his death, September 7, 1851.

Like Jackson and Erwin, N. A. McNairy was a prominent white settler of Nashville. [ 1 ] He arrived in Natchez on December 17, 1807, ready to sell slaves, the keel boat they came in, and a " gigg " (probably roughly equivalent to a rowboat). [ 2 ] ( Natchez Gazette , January 14, 1808)